Coin packaging device



July 25, 1933- P. c. SMITH COIN PACKAGING DEVICE Filed Feb. 25, 1953mrEm fW Ly 7 9.

' tion' with coins i Patented j 4 i render oi smmn, or 'eiiicr eo,nternals ce n iE'ACKAGIFNGij DEVICE 1 i {Application led Fpi-ii r-.25;1e3a seiiaino, 653,549,

Coin" Wrappers are available in the-"forin of open ended tubes and,intorder thatvthe wvork of filling one of these Wrappers-"be Qsimplified as much as -p ossible1,- it"isjdesir able that the coins bedelivereddirectly from the counting machine to a Wrapper so'tliat'QFig-Q instead ofthe larger-wrapper appearingin l and 3; Fig. 5 is afrontview 7 of the holder and a fragment of the table :to 5

the only snbsequent operation needed is that of closing the I ends ofthexw'rapper; 1 Howi ever, Iain not aware that there has heretoforebeenv devisedany means for packaging coins delivered by a r ountingmachine;which. "does notl requn'e the intervention; of some additionalcenta-iner or receptacle to receive the c i insand from wliichithey'innst then be t'ion niaybesaiid tohave'ior its object" toproduce asimpleand novel means for. supporting a tubnlar coin wrapper'insuchielaQtionito dCoUntinginachine that the coins drop directly into the wrapperarrange themselves in stack formation; wherebythe roll-:o'r package maybecOmpletedby simply g e H r tableacross the topof which coinslyingiflat 80,

on=jthe table and arrangededge to edgemay be inolvedtovvard one edge 2of the tableand closingithe ends or the Wrapper;

ample,-the machine illnstrated inmy. prior 5 applic'ation',serial'yNnmberr 5&4,299, -dated,

July 31, 1931, now Patent' Nurnber 1,908,565, issued May f9gy 1933'-Jof'Whichj-the present application is a continuation in -part," willhandle coinsof *diflferentsiz es, 'and', therefore, my invention maybesardto 'have for one '1 oh its objects to make it possible" for a coincunting machinetoideliver coinsyof difierent sizes direc tly 'intotheir-proper- 'Wrappers. 1 A i 2Tl1e various features ofnovelty'vvherebymy invention isi cliara'cterized Will herein! afterbe pointed outwithparticlilarity in the w claimsybut, for afull understandi'ng ofmy Vinvention and-of-itsob'jects. and advantages,

- referencemay be had-v-to the following-"die tailed 'description; takenin connection with the accompanying;drawlng, vvhereinze pennies;-

,c v p ,In'the drawingl have illustratedmy' inu 5 Figure 1 is a top planview of'rvone; of I improved devices? attached to the table of acounting :nia-chine and illustrated as s11p- I portingv a coin WVIZLPPQD1n positlonto receive coins from the table; Fig, 2 isla'view- Sim-Jilarto Fig; 1, showing a wrapper for smaller coins; Fig. 3 1s asideelevation of the-holder, together w th the wrapper shown in Fig. 1,

showing, in section, the smaller Wrapper'of which :therholder isattached; andFigs. 6

end'l'are elevations showing, respectively, in theirfiatt enedconditions, a tubular Wrapper for nickels and. a tubular wrapper forventicn, and I shallfdescribe it, asadapted I for .the packagingofnick'els and pennies; butitwilh of course, be understood that',l so

far as the present invention is concerned, it ,75- iinake's-no; dfference What the denominations Y of the coins are, as long asthe coinsdiffer' fronreach-other in diameter. a L Referring-t0 the drawing, 1represents a befallowed to "drop by'gravity from the table when saidedge is reached.- .In; the arrange 1 nientshown, the coins are adaptedto beffed discharged 1 T The" guides -'arespaced far enough aparttoreceive between themathe 9 "nickels A of Figsrl and 3,01 thepennies B' 7of Fig. 2,1 These details form'no I p'a'rtof the'presentinvention,ihowever. w

Open ended tubular 'coin wrappers' a're obtainable-in Ia collapsedor-flattened condition, as indicated in Figsllfi and Z; Ithe wrapper .C'in Fig.6 being adaptedto hold i of Fig. ;7 -being adapted to hold instack-10f, fifty pennies.

a stack-offorty nickels. and the wrappenl) i i Thej present invention:con-i HQ sides. The wrappers" arefof course, longitudinally creased attwo diametrically op-' 7 posedpoints through the flattening "opera tionin the manufacture thereof. 1 Therefore,

when a wrapper is opened up or expandedf "it-willhave sharp cornersorridges extend.

lair coin Wrappers;said-pluglying outwa rd ly from-the table and thelong 'a x is thereof 1 beinginclined upwardly and inwardly "so -i ing'longitudinally of the; same atdi'ametrh callyopposed points;-thesecrnersor ridges 1 ficientlyto make them disappear. In par-Y ti-ally openingthat end of the wrapper whiclr' remaining until thewrapper'is stressed:uf;

isat the topwhen {placed imposition-"t0 re peive coins the maria; of theWrapper is with the ratchetf-teethflor saw teeth, will not i V I of thedevice to do, anythingfinore :than lift out the wrapper and; itscontents. and close. l the ends ofthew rapper. j It wilhofcourse,

not stressed sufficiently to smoothio'ut thecornersorridgesatthe'creases, andthere-i, p g V tending downwardlyfronrthe vtable at an fore these corners' r or-ridges, when" engaged'=only properly align the mouth ofth'e wrap ;:per ,with respect to' theedge of the table, but

will-yieldinglylockthewrapperagainst-dis 1 a 1yfrom thetable and thelong axis'thereo'f placement. c It will thus be a wrapper andipile uptherein iii-perfect stack formation Wit-1101K; requiring the user beunderstood thatwhenl referlto awtable, I mean simply any support overjanedge of which coins -may be -s-fed and Y allowed to r of a countingmachine 'ortable or be ajrer movable 'sattachment thereto. f"

drop. Itwill also-bes'e'en'ithat the-same device may successfully beemployed for thepackaging of coins of a j pluralityfofsizes and that thedevice may be a permanent part NVhile I have illustrated and.describe'df 7 I I d stancerofithe plug below the table being "suchfthat va coin Wrapper, fitted on t eplug extends up 'into the vicinityofthe topof with. particularity only a single *preferred form of my"invention, I'do not desire-toi'be limited to the exact structuraldetails thus illustrated and described; but intendto cover support atubular coinwrappen with its: open upper end in'a partially'flattenedveondition in the vicinity of the plane of and near an edgeofthe table and thelbodypor tion extendin'grdown"below the table; thelongtransverse: dimension of the partially flattened upper end of thewrapper .-being.

approximately parallel to :saidedge;

2. In combination, 'a table,', and means to support a tubular coinv.vrapper, with its open upper endin a partially flattened con dition inthe vicinity 'ofthe "plane of and 1 near an edge of the table and thebody portion extending outwardly'and downwardly in aninclinedpositionnfrom the table;ithe

- long transverse dimension of the partially seen that I'haveflproducedf a simple andnovel device fori xcausrng co ns dr p i f tbl t nt dif itly i t 'tahle aishort,distance from said. edge, and

saidfsupport, to hold being inclinedupwardly andinwardly so f'fiattenedupper end ofthewrapper being .proximatelyfparallel to said'edg IIn'combinatioma table, a membenextendingdownwardlyifrom the table at anedgerthereof, aflfrustorconlcalsplug at andexpandany one of a pluralityof tubuthat the upward extension thereof passes the u per endof-a'Wrapper onsaid plu'g' r r r. a g

4. In: combination a table, a inember'exon m lower end of the support ofa'size .to enter lower end of the supportof a sizeto enter and expandany one of 5a plurality of tuba-6 3 lar coin Wrappers, said plugil'yingoutward being. inclined upwardly, and" inwardly "so that theupwardextension thereof-passesthe 7 means; atlthe upper end of' saidsupportth'old-ythe'aipperend" of :a wrapper on said plug; ina partiallyflattened condition and,

with the long'transverse axis ojfsaid'upp'er end; approximately parallelto, said iedge.

1 iv In conibinati'on, atable, a. member extendingdownwardly:from.thetable at an edge "thereof, a figusto-conical plug at the lower endofthesupport of a size to enter andexpand any oneof plurality of tubularcoin wrappers, said plug lying outwardly "from the table and the longani'sthereof bein g inclinedupwardly andinwardlyso 7 that theupwardextension thereof passes the table t Sllb lill distance from' saidedga-the the table, and" means wrapper on said plug.

-6.111 combination, a V tending downwardly fronrthe table at an iedgethereof', a frusto-conical plug at the lower end of the support of asizeto enter and vgnrpan'd anyone of a plurality of tubu la'r. coinwrapperasa'id plug lying outuard- 1y fromthe table andthe long axisthereof that the upward extension thereof passes and aj U sha'pedelement projecting outwards 21y from thelsaid member near its upperend,. a

flattened condition and greater than the diameter of the latter wrapperwhen in its tub'ul'ar lform. f, 7 a

7. A j' deviceo'f the character described able a member eX- at theupperend of I l the upper vend of. 21

. V 2 the tablea short distance ffOnlfiaRl edge, 3

comprising a supportingrod, a frusto conical block fixed to the lowerendofthe supporting rod andlying in front oi andwith its axis paralleltothe same, the upper end.

of the supporting rod being extended rear wardly at an obtuse angle tothe main lporr.

'tion of the rod,-a U-shaped rod tying in a plane at right angles tosaid{LXiSili front of the upper end of thesupportmg rod and fixed thereto insuch a position that thejarms of the U he on opposite SlClQSOl'itllQaforesaid axis extended, extensions on the arms of the ll-shaped rodextending rearwardly and divergingfromeach other,-and the rear ends ofsaid extenslons being bent downwardly.

8. Incombination, a table. a memberei tending downwardly from the tableatlian edge thereof, a frusto conical plug at the lower end of the.support of a size to enter andeX-pand any one of a plurality oftubularcoin wrappers, said plug; lying outwardly fromthe table" and thelong axis thereof: be-

' ing inclined upwardly and inwardly'sothat ii-shaped clement projectingoutwardly I bers together, said. U-shaped member havpasses the theupward extension thereof 7 edge anda table ashort distancefrom said fromthe said member near its upper end, the arms of said: elementbeing'sp'ac'ed apart a. distance less than the width 01"? the largest ofsaid wrappers in a fully collapsed ortlz tened condition and greaterthan the diameter of the latter wrapper when' in" its tubular form andeach having a plurali y of notches on the inner side thereof.

9.v A. device of the characterdescribed,

comprisinga member for supporting-the lower end of a tubular coinwrapper in an expanded condition, a U-shaped -meniber adapted toIenobracethe upper end of said wrapper, and means connectingsard memingon the inner side of each of its arms plurality of notches, and thedistance'be tween two corresponding notches being greater thanthedistance between two'other corresponding notches.

,-,1Q. In'combinatiom a table, a member extending downwardly from thetable at an edge "thereof, frusto-conical' plug at the lower endof .thesupport of a size to enter and expandany one of a plurality of tubularcoin wrappers differing in diameter, said plug lying-outwardly from thetable and the 'lo'ngaxis thereof being inclined upwardly and inwardly sothat the-upward extension thereof passes the table ja short distancefrom said edge,iand means at the upper end such a wrapper on said plug.

.the upperend of said support, to hold the -upperend offanysuch wrapperon said plug in a partially flattened condition andwith the longtransverse axis of said upper end approximately"parallel to said edge.

lilii f device of the-character described 'coinprisinga support adaptedto be clamped of said support to-hold the upper end-of r 11. In:combination, a table,a member exupon a table andproject downwardlytherefrom, means at the lower end of the support for engaging with thelower end of any one I ota pluraiity of tubularcoin wrappers diftto'ring from each. other in diameterto hold the end of said support tohold the upper end of any such wrapper inla partially exandedconditiomiyith the" long dimension of the open mouth or upper .end ofthe wrapper arranged parallel with and slightly below the-said edgeofthe table.

' .PERCY o. SMITI-L lite same expanded, and means at the upper

